Shears with replaceable blades



Jan. 19, 1954 E. A. VOGEL I SHEARS WITH REPLACEABLE BLADES Filed March 15, 1951 IN V EN TOR.

Vgged, 5. 245% ATTOHNEX Patented Jan. 19, 1954 SHEARS WITH REPLACEABLE BLADES Edward A. Vogel, Glen Ellyn, Ill., assignor-to K. A.

Vogel Sons, Chicago, Ill.

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, a corporation of Illi- Application March 15, 1951, Serial No. 215,701

This invention relates to shears with'replaceable blades, and more particularly to shears in which the cutting blades can be easily and quickly removed and replaced.

Shears for accurate cutting, such as barber shears, cloth shears and the like, are extremely difiicult to sharpen properly. In the normal sharpening of such shears, the faces of the blades are ground to a concave curve and with a twist therein from end to end. Thereafter, one edge of each blade is ground on a bevel to form the cutting edge. This operation and particularly the grinding of the faces, requires an extremely high degree of skill and is a relatively slow and tedious operation. V V

Attempts have been 'made heretofore to provide shears with detachable blades which can be discarded and replaced to eliminate the necessity of grinding. These constructions, however, have been relatively complicated and expensive in their efforts to provide a detachable blade followingexactly the contour of a properly ground pair'of shears. Therefore they have either been too expensive to be practical or have not provided asufliciently good cutting ceptable. v g

It is one of the objects of the present invention toprovide shears in which the blades can be easily and quickly detached and attached for rapid and easy replacement, Another object is to provide shears in which the blades are of a very simple and inexpensive construction so that it is commercially practical to discard them without resharpening. According to one feature of the invention, the blades are formed of flat strips of steel or the like, with no special bending or twisting required so that they are very inexpensive. According to another feature, theblades are bent longitudinally when mounted on the frames to provide a proper cutting action but remain fiat transversely'of their length and with a constant angle or rake from end to end.

A further object is to provide shears including a simple and inexpensive means for securing the blades firmly to the frames.

The above and other objects and features of the invention will be more readily apparent from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pair of shears embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is an edge elevation;

Figure 3 is a face view of a replaceable blade;

Figure 4 is an edge view of the blade;

action to be ac- '1 Claim. (01. 30-349) Figures 5 through 10' are sections on the lines 55 through Ill-l 0 respectively on Figure 1, and Figure 11 is an enlarged longitudinal section on the line llll of Figure 1.

The shears as shown, comprise two frame members In and II which may be formed as die castings or in any other desired manner. Since the frames serve only as carriers for the blades they do not need to be of high-grade steel such as that normally used in the manufacture of shears, but can be relatively inexpensive and soft material as desired. Y

Each frame member is providedwith a handle portion [2 and a blade portion l3 integrally connected to the handle portion. The blade and handle portions can be of any desired size or shape depending upon the type of shears, and are illustrated as being formed in a manner similar to conventional barber shears. Intermediate 1. their ends the frames are connected by a pivot pin l4 extending through openings in the frames and secured by a nut I5.

As best seen in Figure 2, the blade portions of the frames arerecessed throughout most of their length leaving lands IS on which the frames ride during pivoting thereof with the outer plate portions normally spaced slightly from each other. Also, as best seen in Figure 2, the blade portions I 3. 'are curved longitudinally so that their adjacent faces are concave. The faces, however,

as shown inFigures 5 through 10-, are flat transverselyandlie at a slight angle to the general plane of the shears to provide the desired rake.

Each frame member is adapted to carry a detachable cutting blade which, as best seen in Figures 3 and 4, is formed by a flat elongated strip of steel or the like, IT. The blades are cut or punched to provide the desired tapered shape and size and terminate at their larger ends in convex edges l8. Adjacent to the edges l8 the blades are formed with openings 19 through which the pivot pin [4 may extend when the blades are assembled in frames. As indicated in Figure 1, the lands [6 terminate in concave shoulders 2| against which the convex ends of the blades abut to assist in holding the blades in place.

To secure the blades to the frame members in addition to the securing effect of the, pivot pin, each blade is formed with long integral fingers projecting above its plane and lying generally parallel to the blade. In forming the blades they can be punched or cut to the desiredlshape and can have the fingers 22 punched therefrom be fore hardening. The blades may then be hard- As there shown, each of the blade portions is;

formed with an ofiset openingalfifidefinedby.a

short outer shoulder 24 and "a" longer'inner" shoulder 25 of a size to fit under the,:finger; 22;as shown.

To attach the blades to the frame members, the pivot pin 14 is removed andrthe-frame 1 .91 1- bers are separated. A blade IT is then laid against the fiat inner face of each blade member and the finger 22 thereof i inserted in the openinflayzzfia The bladeaisi theirzslid toward ;thatouter endiaof: theiblade. portion. toemovetheafinsera verv theashoulderrwisd; that, the'finger will; hold; the blade tightly against=-th%?inn8li surface-pf zthe= biadesportiona With thewblade :in thiseposition, the; opening-J a thereimwillaregister. with; the PiVQt pimopeningsdn -.the {frames and I the lconvex ends-- I 8: will seat: against; the, :concave-shoulders 2L; Prefierably, theefitaagainst theshoulders made 1 tighttsdfthat, the blades willabeshelcl in length-a wise: compression. Thee frames can then:- be: re-' assembled by reinserting the pivot: pimand-theshearsareareadygfoieuse.;

Since-rithesafingersa 212; are; resilient, they -a will draw thBfrblfidBfi tightly agai-nsttithe/ inner sur.-

faees;-of therbladeeq-portions sod, thattthe bladeswill assumesthe curevaturezofi. the {blades portions, Therefore during cutting dues to, this construe;-

tione :and o-rthe rake; of t thetblades, assbest in;

dic-atedr in,-;Fienr.esl-5 to; .10, the-edges: will move acrossseach lotherisin. the;= p roper manner to cutcleanly and efficiently. Theendswof vthe bladesl may project beyond the 'fnameymembers as shown Figure, 2, if: desired! when: the blades ,are 0? heavy enough, material I to .wbev substantially self supporting. If ,1ighte12 or thinner blades are, to. to bet used .thebladeportions, mamextendlcomr pletelysornalmestscompletely to the ends of the; bladesstomeiniorce. andlstifienlthemn v Sincev the. blades areh fiat throughout their. lengthi and .requiremo. specialhcury-ature during:

their manufacture, they canvbe made-very. heanr ly. They can also be interchanged quickly and easily on the frames so that when one set of blades becomes dull they can easily be discarded and replaced by new blades. In this way the shears are always ready for use without the delays incident to re-sharpening and at a cost less than the normal re-sharpening cost.

Whileyone embodiment; of: thfirginXBlltlOIl has been show-n andtdescribed in detail, it-will be understood that this is illustrative only and is not to be taken as a definition of the scope of the.inyentionhreierence being had for this purpose to the appended claim.

What; istcl imedi ir.

Apair v oit--;she a:rsLcomprising a pair of elongated frame members with handle portions at oneendand bladelportions at the other end, a pivot pin extending through and pivotally intel-connecting the frame members intermediate their ends, the blade portions having adjacent faces: l-wh ch arel-fiatz transy rs 0fi= heir-r enet ndr onc v lyi urv d o situ na lm. n; 810m sated flexi le-b ade: w i h-tiss o mally flatsfite ting against the face of ea,ch;bla de, port ion, each blade-portion; having a- .recesslforrned in itspfaee to receiye asbladesand;terrninating 1 adjacent} th pivot; I pimin ap cave ys aped. sh ul er; i and. having; an opening; therethrough,remotemfroin; the pivot pin; each. blade,haying a gm ex lgy shapedend; to fit against the; shoulder,; and, an; t ral; finger on each :bla e. lyinsa e .1e a y.;-r parallel g -theretov and-spaced therefrom'nandae H tendinadoward-the outerend oi; the, bladetol e25; tend thrQug-hthe openingJmwbladaportion and; over the opposite surface of the blade -portiQn:to-; secure the'blade {to the ,blade portion; so lthat the blade will. assume thefcurve {got the,( bladei por -m tion; the,bladelbeingtheldain, cqmpressionllength Wise betweenthe; shoulder. and: he int r ls-r fingersa.

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